diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/Dockerfile
index b82d227b3ef2e..686afc97289b1 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  g++ \
+  clang \
   make \
   file \
   curl \
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   libssl-dev \
   pkg-config
 
-COPY dist-i686-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh /tmp/
-RUN /tmp/build-toolchain.sh i686
+COPY scripts/freebsd-toolchain.sh /tmp/
+RUN /tmp/freebsd-toolchain.sh i686
 
 COPY scripts/sccache.sh /scripts/
 RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 
 ENV \
     AR_i686_unknown_freebsd=i686-unknown-freebsd10-ar \
-    CC_i686_unknown_freebsd=i686-unknown-freebsd10-gcc \
-    CXX_i686_unknown_freebsd=i686-unknown-freebsd10-g++
+    CC_i686_unknown_freebsd=i686-unknown-freebsd10-clang \
+    CXX_i686_unknown_freebsd=i686-unknown-freebsd10-clang++
 
 ENV HOSTS=i686-unknown-freebsd
 
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh b/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8343327c33bf2..0000000000000
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-i686-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-# file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-# http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-# <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-# option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-# except according to those terms.
-
-set -ex
-
-ARCH=$1
-BINUTILS=2.25.1
-GCC=6.4.0
-
-hide_output() {
-  set +x
-  on_err="
-echo ERROR: An error was encountered with the build.
-cat /tmp/build.log
-exit 1
-"
-  trap "$on_err" ERR
-  bash -c "while true; do sleep 30; echo \$(date) - building ...; done" &
-  PING_LOOP_PID=$!
-  $@ &> /tmp/build.log
-  trap - ERR
-  kill $PING_LOOP_PID
-  set -x
-}
-
-mkdir binutils
-cd binutils
-
-# First up, build binutils
-curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-$BINUTILS.tar.bz2 | tar xjf -
-mkdir binutils-build
-cd binutils-build
-hide_output ../binutils-$BINUTILS/configure \
-  --target=$ARCH-unknown-freebsd10
-hide_output make -j10
-hide_output make install
-cd ../..
-rm -rf binutils
-
-# Next, download the FreeBSD libc and relevant header files
-
-mkdir freebsd
-case "$ARCH" in
-    x86_64)
-        URL=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/10.2-RELEASE/base.txz
-        ;;
-    i686)
-        URL=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/10.2-RELEASE/base.txz
-        ;;
-esac
-curl $URL | tar xJf - -C freebsd ./usr/include ./usr/lib ./lib
-
-dst=/usr/local/$ARCH-unknown-freebsd10
-
-cp -r freebsd/usr/include $dst/
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/crt1.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/Scrt1.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/crti.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/crtn.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libc.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libutil.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libutil_p.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libm.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/librt.so.1 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libexecinfo.so.1 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libc.so.7 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libm.so.5 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libutil.so.9 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libthr.so.3 $dst/lib/libpthread.so
-
-ln -s libc.so.7 $dst/lib/libc.so
-ln -s libm.so.5 $dst/lib/libm.so
-ln -s librt.so.1 $dst/lib/librt.so
-ln -s libutil.so.9 $dst/lib/libutil.so
-ln -s libexecinfo.so.1 $dst/lib/libexecinfo.so
-rm -rf freebsd
-
-# Finally, download and build gcc to target FreeBSD
-mkdir gcc
-cd gcc
-curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-$GCC/gcc-$GCC.tar.gz | tar xzf -
-cd gcc-$GCC
-./contrib/download_prerequisites
-
-mkdir ../gcc-build
-cd ../gcc-build
-hide_output ../gcc-$GCC/configure                \
-  --enable-languages=c,c++                       \
-  --target=$ARCH-unknown-freebsd10               \
-  --disable-multilib                             \
-  --disable-nls                                  \
-  --disable-libgomp                              \
-  --disable-libquadmath                          \
-  --disable-libssp                               \
-  --disable-libvtv                               \
-  --disable-libcilkrts                           \
-  --disable-libada                               \
-  --disable-libsanitizer                         \
-  --disable-libquadmath-support                  \
-  --disable-lto
-hide_output make -j10
-hide_output make install
-cd ../..
-rm -rf gcc
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/Dockerfile
index b7c00df4db242..7483d395622c8 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:16.04
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  g++ \
+  clang \
   make \
   file \
   curl \
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   libssl-dev \
   pkg-config
 
-COPY dist-x86_64-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh /tmp/
-RUN /tmp/build-toolchain.sh x86_64
+COPY scripts/freebsd-toolchain.sh /tmp/
+RUN /tmp/freebsd-toolchain.sh x86_64
 
 COPY scripts/sccache.sh /scripts/
 RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 
 ENV \
     AR_x86_64_unknown_freebsd=x86_64-unknown-freebsd10-ar \
-    CC_x86_64_unknown_freebsd=x86_64-unknown-freebsd10-gcc \
-    CXX_x86_64_unknown_freebsd=x86_64-unknown-freebsd10-g++
+    CC_x86_64_unknown_freebsd=x86_64-unknown-freebsd10-clang \
+    CXX_x86_64_unknown_freebsd=x86_64-unknown-freebsd10-clang++
 
 ENV HOSTS=x86_64-unknown-freebsd
 
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh b/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8343327c33bf2..0000000000000
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-x86_64-freebsd/build-toolchain.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-# file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-# http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-# <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-# option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-# except according to those terms.
-
-set -ex
-
-ARCH=$1
-BINUTILS=2.25.1
-GCC=6.4.0
-
-hide_output() {
-  set +x
-  on_err="
-echo ERROR: An error was encountered with the build.
-cat /tmp/build.log
-exit 1
-"
-  trap "$on_err" ERR
-  bash -c "while true; do sleep 30; echo \$(date) - building ...; done" &
-  PING_LOOP_PID=$!
-  $@ &> /tmp/build.log
-  trap - ERR
-  kill $PING_LOOP_PID
-  set -x
-}
-
-mkdir binutils
-cd binutils
-
-# First up, build binutils
-curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-$BINUTILS.tar.bz2 | tar xjf -
-mkdir binutils-build
-cd binutils-build
-hide_output ../binutils-$BINUTILS/configure \
-  --target=$ARCH-unknown-freebsd10
-hide_output make -j10
-hide_output make install
-cd ../..
-rm -rf binutils
-
-# Next, download the FreeBSD libc and relevant header files
-
-mkdir freebsd
-case "$ARCH" in
-    x86_64)
-        URL=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/10.2-RELEASE/base.txz
-        ;;
-    i686)
-        URL=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/10.2-RELEASE/base.txz
-        ;;
-esac
-curl $URL | tar xJf - -C freebsd ./usr/include ./usr/lib ./lib
-
-dst=/usr/local/$ARCH-unknown-freebsd10
-
-cp -r freebsd/usr/include $dst/
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/crt1.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/Scrt1.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/crti.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/crtn.o $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libc.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libutil.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libutil_p.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libm.a $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/librt.so.1 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/usr/lib/libexecinfo.so.1 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libc.so.7 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libm.so.5 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libutil.so.9 $dst/lib
-cp freebsd/lib/libthr.so.3 $dst/lib/libpthread.so
-
-ln -s libc.so.7 $dst/lib/libc.so
-ln -s libm.so.5 $dst/lib/libm.so
-ln -s librt.so.1 $dst/lib/librt.so
-ln -s libutil.so.9 $dst/lib/libutil.so
-ln -s libexecinfo.so.1 $dst/lib/libexecinfo.so
-rm -rf freebsd
-
-# Finally, download and build gcc to target FreeBSD
-mkdir gcc
-cd gcc
-curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-$GCC/gcc-$GCC.tar.gz | tar xzf -
-cd gcc-$GCC
-./contrib/download_prerequisites
-
-mkdir ../gcc-build
-cd ../gcc-build
-hide_output ../gcc-$GCC/configure                \
-  --enable-languages=c,c++                       \
-  --target=$ARCH-unknown-freebsd10               \
-  --disable-multilib                             \
-  --disable-nls                                  \
-  --disable-libgomp                              \
-  --disable-libquadmath                          \
-  --disable-libssp                               \
-  --disable-libvtv                               \
-  --disable-libcilkrts                           \
-  --disable-libada                               \
-  --disable-libsanitizer                         \
-  --disable-libquadmath-support                  \
-  --disable-lto
-hide_output make -j10
-hide_output make install
-cd ../..
-rm -rf gcc
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/scripts/freebsd-toolchain.sh b/src/ci/docker/scripts/freebsd-toolchain.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..15ed318f8ce85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ci/docker/scripts/freebsd-toolchain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2016-2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+# file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+# http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+# <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+# option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+# except according to those terms.
+
+set -eux
+
+arch=$1
+binutils_version=2.25.1
+freebsd_version=10.3
+triple=$arch-unknown-freebsd10
+sysroot=/usr/local/$triple
+
+hide_output() {
+  set +x
+  local on_err="
+echo ERROR: An error was encountered with the build.
+cat /tmp/build.log
+exit 1
+"
+  trap "$on_err" ERR
+  bash -c "while true; do sleep 30; echo \$(date) - building ...; done" &
+  local ping_loop_pid=$!
+  $@ &> /tmp/build.log
+  trap - ERR
+  kill $ping_loop_pid
+  set -x
+}
+
+# First up, build binutils
+mkdir binutils
+cd binutils
+curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-${binutils_version}.tar.bz2 | tar xjf -
+mkdir binutils-build
+cd binutils-build
+hide_output ../binutils-${binutils_version}/configure \
+  --target="$triple" --with-sysroot="$sysroot"
+hide_output make -j"$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"
+hide_output make install
+cd ../..
+rm -rf binutils
+
+# Next, download the FreeBSD libraries and header files
+mkdir -p "$sysroot"
+case $arch in
+  (x86_64) freebsd_arch=amd64 ;;
+  (i686) freebsd_arch=i386 ;;
+esac
+
+files_to_extract=(
+"./usr/include"
+"./usr/lib/*crt*.o"
+)
+# Try to unpack only the libraries the build needs, to save space.
+for lib in c cxxrt gcc_s m thr util; do
+  files_to_extract=("${files_to_extract[@]}" "./lib/lib${lib}.*" "./usr/lib/lib${lib}.*")
+done
+for lib in c++ c_nonshared compiler_rt execinfo gcc pthread rt ssp_nonshared; do
+  files_to_extract=("${files_to_extract[@]}" "./usr/lib/lib${lib}.*")
+done
+
+URL=https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/${freebsd_arch}/${freebsd_version}-RELEASE/base.txz
+curl "$URL" | tar xJf - -C "$sysroot" --wildcards "${files_to_extract[@]}"
+
+# Fix up absolute symlinks from the system image.  This can be removed
+# for FreeBSD 11.  (If there's an easy way to make them relative
+# symlinks instead, feel free to change this.)
+set +x
+find "$sysroot" -type l | while read symlink_path; do
+  symlink_target=$(readlink "$symlink_path")
+  case $symlink_target in
+    (/*)
+      echo "Fixing symlink ${symlink_path} -> ${sysroot}${symlink_target}" >&2
+      ln -nfs "${sysroot}${symlink_target}" "${symlink_path}" ;;
+  esac
+done
+set -x
+
+# Clang can do cross-builds out of the box, if we give it the right
+# flags.  (The local binutils seem to work, but they set the ELF
+# header "OS/ABI" (EI_OSABI) field to SysV rather than FreeBSD, so
+# there might be other problems.)
+#
+# The --target option is last because the cross-build of LLVM uses
+# --target without an OS version ("-freebsd" vs. "-freebsd10").  This
+# makes Clang default to libstdc++ (which no longer exists), and also
+# controls other features, like GNU-style symbol table hashing and
+# anything predicated on the version number in the __FreeBSD__
+# preprocessor macro.
+for tool in clang clang++; do
+  tool_path=/usr/local/bin/${triple}-${tool}
+  cat > "$tool_path" <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec $tool --sysroot=$sysroot --prefix=${sysroot}/bin "\$@" --target=$triple
+EOF
+  chmod +x "$tool_path"
+done
diff --git a/src/librustc_llvm/build.rs b/src/librustc_llvm/build.rs
index dde7a38efc796..595a1cdb193d7 100644
--- a/src/librustc_llvm/build.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_llvm/build.rs
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ fn main() {
     let stdcppname = if target.contains("openbsd") {
         // OpenBSD has a particular C++ runtime library name
         "estdc++"
+    } else if target.contains("freebsd") {
+        "c++"
     } else if target.contains("netbsd") && llvm_static_stdcpp.is_some() {
         // NetBSD uses a separate library when relocation is required
         "stdc++_pic"